Josh Waters

Joshua Waters (born 24 January 1987) is an Australian motorcycle racer. He currently competes in the Australian Superbike Championship. He is a three-time Australian Superbike champion having won the 2009, 2012 for Team Suzuki Australia, and then in 2017, won his third championship for Team Suzuki ECSTAR finishing four points ahead Wayne Maxwell who was then racing for the Yamaha Racing. He has also competed in the Australian 125GP Championship (where he was champion in 2003), the Australian Supersport Championship, the British Superbike Championship and the Superbike World Championship.

Josh Waters
Waters in 2010
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1987-01-24) 24 January 1987 Mildura, Australia
Current team	McMartin Racing
Bike number	1
Website	joshuawaters.com.au
Motorcycle racing career statistics 250cc World Championship Active years 2004 Manufacturers Honda Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 1 0 0 0 0 0 125cc World Championship Active years 2002–2003 Manufacturers Kawasaki Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 3 0 0 0 0 0 Superbike World Championship Active years 2011 Manufacturers Suzuki Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 6 0 0 0 0 8

His cousin is Supercars Championship racing driver Cam Waters.

Career

Having started racing at the age of five, Waters had already won his first national championship by the age of six and begun his road racing career by the age 2000. Other accolades include coming 3rd at the Macau 125GP (2003), wildcard entry into the Phillip Island round of World 125GP Championship (2003), wildcard entry into the Phillip Island round of World 250GP Championship (2004), 1st - Philip Island 8 hour Endurance with Team Suzuki Australia (2011). Waters has also ridden for the Yoshimura Racing Team where he finished second in the 2011 Suzuka 8 Hours aboard a Suzuki GSX-R1000 and represented them in three rounds of the Superbike World Championship.

In 2013, he moved across to the British Superbike Championship and initially raced for the Milwaukee Yamaha race team but was replaced by Tommy Bridewell for the final few rounds of the season. After having piloted a BMW S1000RR at the Le-Mans 24-hour race he joined the Halsall Race Team for the final two rounds of the British Superbike Championship aboard a Kawasaki ZX-10R. Waters ended the season in 13th position overall.

Following the 2013 British Superbike Championship, Waters signed on with Tyco Suzuki and rode a Suzuki GSX-R1000 for the 2014 season. At Brands Hatch, in the fifth round of the season, he won his first race in the championship.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2002	125cc	Honda	FCC - TSR	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2003	125cc	Honda	Grand Prix Training Centre	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2004	250cc	Honda	Castrol-Honda Kiefer Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
Total				4	0	0	0	0	0

Races by year

(key)

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pos.	Pts
2002	125cc	Honda	JPN	RSA	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	BRA	PAC	MAL Ret	AUS 25	VAL	NC	0
2003	125cc	Honda	JPN	RSA	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	BRA	PAC	MAL	AUS Ret	VAL	NC	0
2004	250cc	Honda	RSA	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	BRA	GER	GBR	CZE	POR	JPN	QAT	MAL	AUS 18	VAL	NC	0

Superbike World Championship

Races by year

Year	Make	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13		Pos.	Pts
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
2011	Suzuki	AUS 18	AUS 13	EUR	EUR	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	USA 12	USA 15	SMR	SMR	SPA	SPA	CZE	CZE	GBR	GBR	GER	GER	ITA	ITA	FRA	FRA	POR 21	POR 18	25th	8

Suzuka 8 Hours results

Year	Team	Riders	Bike	Pos
2024	Ducati Team KAGAYAMA	Ryo Mizuno Hafizh Syahrin	Ducati Panigale V4R	4th

External links

• Josh Waters on MotoGP.com Archived 20 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine
• Josh Waters on WorldSBK.com